air·less

[air-lis]
adjective
1.
lacking air.
2.
that is without fresh air; stuffy: a dark, airless hallway.
3.
that is without a breeze; still: an airless July day.

Origin:
1595–1605; air1 + -less

air·less·ness, noun
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airless (ˈɛəlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  lacking fresh air; stuffy or sultry
2.  devoid of air
 
'airlessness
 
n

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Airless is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
He knows how she loves walking, that she gets restless in the afternoon
  sometimes, sitting in her little airless cage.
It was less than a hundred and fifty square feet-small, hot, and airless.
It also sloped downward, subtly but visibly, in a strange and airless clarity.
It's the same principle that makes satellites travel their elliptical orbits
  out in airless space.
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